Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-30
LOCAL MELANGE.

Osborne's Oddities is a neat book o
popular readings and songs set to music.
Couture & Leford's Saturday night socia
is announced to occur as usual tomorrow
evening.
Letters of administratio were ISSUED
yesterday to W. G. Pfouts on the estate o
Mrs. E. E. Lee.
E. Schilling of the International Brewery
has disposed OF one-haIf interest in hi
business to j.. Hopkins.
Miss Maggie Cosgrove will give a select
social party to her many friends on Friday
evening at the Centerville Hotel.
The funeral services at St.. Patrick's
Church yesterday in memory of the late
Archbishop Seghers drew many hearers.
The Pacific Express Company yesterday
shipped 20 bars Alice, estimated worth,
$12, 800, and 9 bars Moulton, estimated
at $6.O4O.
Reese Lewis, for a long time clerk at the
Butte City Hotel, has started a ,.ay-side
resort half way between C%enterville and
VAUDEVILLE. called the Original.
The new amusement committee of the
Turn Verein will a series OF
entertainments for the season on Sunday
evening. The entertainment for that even.
ing will consist Of music. dancing, etc.
Ivanhoe Commandery. No. 5, Knights OF
Pythias, OF which John Mcguire is a men,
Der, will meet and close this evening to give
members an opportunity OF attending the
benefit at the Grand Opera Hnuse.
On the 18th OF August a benefit ball will
be given at Burlington for School District
No. 2. 1t may be a little ahead OF time to
mention this now, but a social event like
this cannot be got too o 20 before public
notice.
Inquiries have been made at this Office in
regard to the Princess Mining Company.
We have failed to find a person who was
able to furnish particu lars, although some
OF the stockholders seem to feel themselves
victimized.
The many friends of George H. Morris
will be panied to hear that he has not i'm
proved since his stay in San Francisco. He
ia lying dangerously i'll there, with very
small hope OF his recovery. His wife will
leave for there on Friday next.
TIE excursion to Soda Springs leaves this
evening by the 7:1O train. A delightful
trip is assured those who 60; and the cheap
ness OF the fare $40 for a return ticket,
good up to Tuesday. should induce a large
delegation to attend the formal opening on
Saturday from Butte.
Mrs. Fish, the popular wife OF Deputy
Sheriff Fish, WAS taken yesterday
evening by a surprise party consisting OF
brethren and sisters Of the Eastern Star.
1t is hardly necessary to say hat a Jolly
crowd took possession and made them
selves at home and that mirth and jovial-
ity prevailed.
l. ,ritz Koch say he is meeting with
great success in filling his race programme
with advertisements. There are 1O,OOO
copies OF it to be issued altogether, 1000 a
day during race week, and as it will. be in
everybody's hands, eagerly scanned for the
events at the track. it is an advertising
medium not to be missed by business men.
Mr.. Couture's room, on Wyoming and
Broadway. was entered on Wednesday |
afternoon and about 5000 worth of cloth-1
ing and valuables stolen. He had just been
out OF the room for a couple of hours. It
must have been a daring set of men who
would undertake an act like this in broad
daylight when so many people are stirring
at the time. i
The Northern Pa ific have accommodate
ed the Helena end of the base ball match
to come off Sunday, b ygiving the excursion
lists from there a return ticket rate of one
fare and a fifth to Butte. A good many
people will likely take advantage OF the
rate and make a trip here. Interstate
commerce regulations don't affect excur-
Sons, Mr.. McCaig says.
The firm OF Goldsmith e. Co. have COM
pleted the work, that has been going on for
several days, OF repainting their store out
side and in. The entire front has received
several fresh coats of paint, and the ia
bles, shelving, counters and interiorfxtures
have been painted in cherry.
They have also put in two new hat cases
that are handsome additions to the front
of their store.
A week ago a Mrs. Sullivan left her two
infants in charge of the Orphans Home, al
eging desertion by her husband. Yester-
day Mr.: Sullivan appeared and claimed the
children, DENYING the charge OF. desertion.
But Mrs. Sullivan insisted the children
should remain at the home, and now the
assistance OF the courts will be necessary
TO decide who is the rightful owner OF the
children, there being no divorce.